We look at the right to silence under Western Australian law and how you should deal with questions from the police. It is a question people often ask. So, should you talk to the police? The answer, according to experienced Perth criminal lawyer Max Crispe, is ...
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Come 1 July 2017, businesses that transact in Bitcoin will be relieved by a change in the cryptocurrency's treatment under Australia's Goods and Services Tax scheme. The Federal Government has confirmed, in budget papers, that Bitcoin will be treated like a currency and not a ...
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The abolition of the 457 visa scheme by the Turnbull government has left employers and immigration lawyers with quite some work to do. On 18 April 2017, the Federal Government abolished the 457 visa programme in favour of a new Temporary Skills Shortage visa scheme ...
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Tougher sentencing laws, as proposed in Victoria by Opposition Leader Matthew Guy, are not a good idea according to seasoned criminal lawyers. Guy is proposing a "two strikes" rule for repeat offenders, which would impose minimum mandatory sentences and take discretion away from sentencing judges ...
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We have written previously about how a property settlement can be a quick and cost-effective method to finalise financial matters with your ex-partner. Parting couples may have arranged the division of the finances and decided who keeps the TV and who takes the porcelain vase, but may be left with one last question ...
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The High Court of Australia has upheld the validity of the Northern Territory's "paperless arrest" laws, after a constitutional challenge by the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency. The Agency had argued that the paperless arrest laws, contained within amendments to the Police Administration Act, violated the principle ...
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Small businesses should be familiar with the rules on Division 7A loans. Under Division 7A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, loans or payments to a shareholder of a company can be treated as a dividend under the tax laws. And that can be ...
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Sydney law firm Bannister Law has brought the first class action in Australia against the Volkswagen and Audi car manufacturers for programming their diesel vehicles to defeat emissions standards. The action, commenced last month in the Federal Court, relates to the use of so-called “defeat ...
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The Federal Court ruled yesterday, on 17 November 2015, that airlines Jetstar and Virgin Australia had engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct with 'drip pricing' behaviour.  Drip pricing, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, is "where a headline price is advertised at the beginning of ...
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The issue of New Zealand citizens in Australian immigration detention, including at offshore centres such as Christmas island, has been raised in LawPoints, a publication of the New Zealand Law Society. There are approximately 200 New Zealand citizens in immigration detention, many likely awaiting the outcome ...
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